Spout



` July 2o, 192e.

, 1,593,016 R. H. CAMPBELL SPOUT Filed 0012. 24, 193.7

` nnulllug Patented July A20, 1926.

UNITED STATES ROBERT H. CAMPBELL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SPOUT.

Application'led October 24, 1917.

This invention relates to flexible spouts.

The object of the invention is to provide a spout made of flexible tubing which is reinforced and strengthened by a separate support-ing member or element applied thereto, which is flexible under pressure, substantially non-resilient, and sufficiently rigid to retain its shape unsupported, whereby it is possible to use light weight and relatively inexpensive tubing for making .said spouts'. More specifically, the object of the invention is to provide for making spouts yof the type specified from relatively 'light and cheap spirally wound metal tubing.

To effect the objects of the invention, a spout of my invention comprises the various features and details of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, in which mylinvention is fully illustrated,

Figure l is an oil can comprising a spout of my invention.

VFigure 2 is a separate view of a spout likethat shown 1n F1g. l, on an enlarged scale.

Figure 3 is an enlarged central, longitudb nal sectional view of a spout embodying my invention in modified form. i

Figure 4 is a sectional view thereof on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3,

Figure 5 is a side View of still another form of spout embodying my invention; and

Figure 6 is a sectional View thereof on the v line 6MB of Fig. 5.

For purposes of definite illustration, 1 have, in Fig. I of the drawings, shown a spout of my invention as applied in use to an oil can. I desire it to be understood,` however, that the application shown is illustrative only, and that I do not thereby wish or intend to limit myself to the particular application shown, as my improved spout admits of general use and application and my invention contemplates all possible uses for which it is adapted.

Referring now particularly to Figs. l and 2 of the drawing, in which I have shown what I now consider to be the preferable form of spout of my invention, l designates the body of an oil can or other receptacle and 2 designates, asa whole, the spout thereof.

Said can 1 may be made of any desired o1 Serial No. 198,202.

suitable material, being usually made of sheet metal.

The spout 2 consists of a section of spirally wound metal tubing 3, the inner end of which is soldered into a sleeve 4 forming part of a hollow nut 5 adapted for screw threaded engagement with a correspondingly screw threaded hole in the cam l, and to the outer end of which is soldered a nozzle 6.

The tube 3 is reinforced and strengthened by means of' a rod or wire 7, preferably annealed steel wire, opposite ends of which are soldered or otherwise attached to the sleeve 4 and 'the nozzle 6. The wire 7 is flexible, substantially non-resilient an-d will be of such size in cross-section that it will be sufliciently rigid torretain its shape without other support under all conditions of use for which it may be designed.

By making the rod or wire sufficiently strong and rigid, the tube 3 will be wholly supported thereby and may, therefore, be made of the lightest possible gauge metal and the cost thereof reduced to a minimum.

Instead of the spirally wound wirer', I

contemplate the use of one or more rods or wires which extend substantially parallel with the axis of the tube and'which may be applied either inside or outside of said tube.

One such modification is shown in Figs. 3 and L of the drawings, in which 3 designates the tube which forms the spout proper, pref erably made of spirally wound metal tubing, but which may be made of any kind of tub ingdesired, 4l the'sleeve on the attaching nut 5 into which the inner end of the tube 3' is connected, and 6 the nozzle at the outer end of said tube.

In accordance with the present modification, the supporting wire, designated 7, and which, as in the preferred form of my improved spout, is preferably made of annealed steel wire, consists of a single substantially straight piece of rod or wire which extends lengthwise through the tube 3 and the opposite ends of which are rigidly connected to the sleeve 4c and the nozzle 6. Convenient means, as shown, for connecting the ends of said wire 7 to said sleeve and nozzle, con sists in bending the ends thereof at about right angles and inserting said bent ends through holes formed in said sleeve and nozzle beyond the ends of the tube 3. The projecting ends ol" said rod are then bent down .into contact with the sides ot said sleeve and nozzle, as shown at 8, and are soldered thereto.

Obviously more than one wire T may be used, ii desired.

Another niodilication ot' my improved spout is shown in Figs. and G ot the drawings, in which 32 designates the tube 'lornr ing the spout, consisting, as shown, ot a piece oi rubber tube, ft2 the sleeve on the attaching' nut 52, into which said tube is connected,G2 the nozzle at the outer end ot said tube and T2 supporting` rods or wires tor said tube, made annealed steel rods, as in the other forms ot' my improved spout.

In accordance with the present moditicm tion, said rods or wires T2 are arrangcdiuib side ot the tube 32, one at each side thereof, and opposite ends oi said rods or wires are soldered or otherwise connected to the sleeve #l2 and the nozzle (S2. Also, to prevent the tube trom sagging away iroin the rods or wires T2 between its ends, said tube is in serted through spaced rings 9 soldered or otherwise rigidly connected to the rods 72, which will prevent sagging oi' said tube, in an obvious manner. In spouts embodying my invention in any ot' the forms or moditications herein shown and described, it is obvious that the reinitorcing member is applied to the flexible tubing Jforn'iing the body portion ot the spout in such manner that it will not obstruct the tlow endwise through said spout.

Also, by engaging said support-ing member with the tlexible tube forming the body portion of the spout between its ends, as shown in Figures 2, 5 and 6, it is obvious that said tube and supporting member will bend as a unit instead ot separately, thereby preventing distortion of said iexible tubing and supporting member relatively to each other, as might otherwise be the case.

Also, in the moditication shown in Figures 3 and el, while the iiexible tube and supporting member are not connected between their ends, so as to bend together. it is obvious that liexure ot said tube relative to the supporting member will be 'limited to sagging of the tube between its endsto an extent not greater than the inside 'diameter of said tube. Thus, said supporting member will, in fact, limit the iiexure ot the tubular member.

I claim r l. A spout made of fiexible'tubing, and a separate supporting member applied to and wound spirally around said tube` said supporting member being iexible, substantially non-resilient and sutiioiently rigid to retain its shape and to `support said tube under contemplated conditions ot use.

Q. A spout rmade of flexible tubing, and a separate supporting element therefor, consistingl ot' substantially non-resilient wire wound spirally around said tube, said wire being ot suiicient size to retain its shape and'to support said tube under contemplated conditions ot use.

A spout made ot ilexible tubing', an atsieeveto which one end ot' said tube onnccted, a nozzle secured to the oppoend ther-col', and a separate supporting nozzle` being tlexible, substantially non- V,tuent and suliciently rigid to retain its shape and to support said tubo under contemplated conditions ot use. l

1. A spout made ot tlexible tubing', a a tzu-hing sleeve to which one end ol said tube connected, a nozzle secured to the `opposite und thereol". and a separate supporting lic-:uber applied to and wound spirally ouud said tube, the opposite ends ot which e connected to said sleeve anu nozzle, re-

ely, said supporting ineinber being ile, substantially non-resilient and sullicieutly rio'id to re'ain its shape and to support said tube under contemplated conditions ot use.

. A spout inadeot flexible tubing, an attaciing sleeve to whichone end ol `said tube is'connecte l, a nozzle secured tothe opposite end thereot, anda separate 'supporting member theretor consisting ot substantially non-resilient wire wound spirally around said tube opposite ends ot which are 'con nec-ted to said sleeve and nozzle,respectively, said wire being ot su'tlicient size to retain its shape and to support said tube A'under contemplated conditions ot use.

t3. A spout'consisting ot a tubular body niemeer having` a nozzle attachedto one end and an attaching nipple connected to its other end, said body member'consisting et a spirally-wound metal strip having a spiral oil-iight joint, the body member being' thereby adapted to be i'iexed laterally Iin any direr-,tion with respect to the attaching member but being insuiiicientiy rigid to hold its bent shape in ordinary use without assiste ance, and 'a supporting wire anchored Ito said attaching member and extending' sulstantially to the outer end ot' the'body meinber where it vhas a supporting engagement with the outer end ot the spout to thereby prevent the nozzle having a lateral move-` ment independently ot said supporting wire, said wire being` bendable but substantially non-resilient and suliieiently rigid to retain a bent position. y y

i spout consisting ot' a body member having a nozzle attached to its outer'end and an attaching' device connected 'to its inner end, said body member consisting of a spirally-wound metal member having` an oiltight spiral joint tothereby permit the body respectively, said supporting member to be fieXed in any direction Without destroying the oil-tightness of said joint, this body member being insufficiently rigid to hold its bent shape in ordinary use Without assistance, and a device for holding and sustaining the body member in any position it may be bent into, said device consisting of a ductile Wire anchored at its inner end to said attaching member and extending to near the outer end of the spout Where it has supporting engagement with the outer end oi the spout to thereby prevent said outer end from having any free movement independently of said Wire, said Wire being free of the coils of said body member to thereby permit the body member to lleX Without interference by said Wire.

8. A hand oil-can having a spout consisting oi' a tubular body member havingra nozzle attached to its outer end and an attaching-nipple connected to its inner end, said body member consisting of a spirally-wound metal strip having a spiral oil-tight joint to thereby adapt the spout to be flexed laterally in any direction with respect to the attaching member Without destroying the oil-tightness of the joint.

9. A hand oil-can having a spout consisting of a tubular body member having a. noz- Zle attached to its outer end and an attaching-nipple connected to its inner end, said body member consisting of a spirally-Wound metal strip having a spiral oil-tight joint to thereby adapt the spout to be flxed laterally in any direction With respect to the attaching member Without destroying the oiltightness of the joint, and a supporting wire anchored to said attaching member and extending substantially to the outer end of the spout and being bendable but substantially non-resilient and sufficiently rigid to retain a bent position.

1n testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I affix my signature this 22nd day of October 1917. l

ROBERT H. CAMPBELL. 

